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With three-quarters of 2013 behind us -- can you believe it? -- we see Imogen widening her lead over Charlotte as the Number 1 girls' name on Nameberry. Here's what's hottest among our 100 most -searched girls' names. 
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He's a Biblical obscurity with a modern sound and literary ties. If you're after an undiscovered gem for boys, Jotham is one to consider.
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"I have a pair of three-day-old boys with no names! Before they were born, we planned to call them Calder Blayz and Dexter James. It's the tradition in my fiancé’s family that the firstborn son of the firstborn son be named some form of Blaise. But now we don't know which baby should get which name."
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"Irma Lopez Aurelio, a 28-year-old Mazatec woman who lives in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, went into labor on October 2."
Clare's insight:
Seems like a fitting circumstantial name...and do I hear any complaints that "Salvador" will give the boy delusions of gradeur or should refer to one figure only? That was a rhetorical question. I'm hoping the answer is no.
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Lucian is an underused name that's just on the right side of unusual. With plenty of history and a very current style, he's one to consider.
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"Marlene Dietrich is one of the greatest actresses of all time, the American Film Institute ranking her number nine in 1999."
Clare's insight:
Quite a mixed bunch of names - I'm rather liking Domini.
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"I’m choosing the Pashtun name Malala as my cool name of the week. Malala means sadness, but I think this young woman may help to give that name a whole new meaning–and a new set of children named after in her honor."
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"It's no secret that we loved the young royal before this latest news, but how could a name enthusiast not love Prince Harry even more for bringing the name Cressida into our daily chatter."
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I'm featuring the African name Kato, but there happens to be a few other Catos/Katos that are different than this one.
Clare's insight:
I do rather like names like this that have sprung up in multiple languages and cultures.
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Isabella is currently the third most popular girl’s name in America. Not wishing to give their daughter a name that was “too popular,” former BFF actress Jessica St. Clair and her husband decided t...
Clare's insight:
Maybe it's bias from being in a place where Isabel, Isobel, and Isabelle are all in the top 100 and are pronounced the same (middle syllable is a schwa)...but I don't really see what the problem is.
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Die Vornamen von ausgewählten Zwillingspaaren vom September 2013: Caroline & Marlene, Moritz & Manuel, Konstantin & Gabriel, Marc Castiel & Noah Liam, Tobias & Sebastian, Melissa & Mert, Anouk & Elena, Hanna & Benno und viele weitere.
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From French twins to German twins: announcing Timur & Tyron, Abigail Rose & Felicitas, Luna & Nino, and more.
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"A distinguished physician in the Edgecombe County, North Carolina area during the first half of the 19th century, Dr. Phesanton Southerland Sugg's political notoriety rests on his brief service as a delegate to the North Carolina State Constitutional Convention held in Raleigh in 1835."
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It looks like the popularity of Luka (and local variants) in Europe extends to Serbia, too. Meanwhile, there are lots of other sumptuously Slavic names in the top 10, such as Nina, Nikolina, Stefan, and Pavle.
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Another pop culture baby name! Did you know 100s of babies have been named Jorel since the original Superman movie came out?
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" Ichabod is a tricky name. There is something endearing about its clunkiness, but it is so tied to the character of Ichabod Crane, that it becomes almost unusable. But before "Sleepy Hollow", Ichabod was the son of Phinehas, who died at the battle of Aphek, and the grandson of Eli. His mother gave him the name Ichabod on her death bed, indicating that the "glory had departed from Israel"."
Clare's insight:
True story: when a crane was installed for building works in the Bodleian Library in Oxford last year, staff voted on a nickname. IchaBod Crane came second, narrowly pipped to the post by Bodzilla.
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" More rare names, many which of intrigue me - Maili, Senja, Tayton, and Casheon. Also many potential Addy/Addies were born with Addison, Addison, Adeline, and Adilynn. Also, some unique spellings with Janene, Izack, Elouise, Kathlin, Dorthea, and Jaclyn. Not made up certainly, but not the most popular versions either. "
Clare's insight:
This week's name-spotting features Nora Jean, Dorthea Senja, Kendrick Allen, and more.
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K. M Sheard of Nook of Names describes an approach to naming that dates back to the time of Adam and Eve. - baby names
Clare's insight:
Also a good source of weather/stormy words and names - very apt for this time of year!
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" These are the most popular names for Greenland from 2001 to 2010."
Clare's insight:
How interesting to read these lists: the names range from the Danish-influenced, like Hans and Isabella, to (what I assume are) Greenlandic names like Minik, Pipaluk, and Nivi.
And for even more Greenlandic names, see http://www.oqaasileriffik.gl/en/search/names
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As in everything else, styles in baby names change too; this week in her Nameberry 9 newsiest names, Appellation Mountain's Abby Sandel points to possible trends represented by this week's new entries.
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Our preferences reflect not only our personal persuasions, but our cultural yearnings as well. PT mined the Social Security Administration’s 2011 data and the latest research to get a glimpse of what’s going on in the minds of parents today.
Clare's insight:
Agreed, one of the interesting findings here is the increase in newspaper articles about baby names.
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" Nella is a baby name that can be found in Giambattista Basile's Il Pentamerone collection of fairy tales, in the story called "Verde Prato," or "Green Lawn." Nella can be short for many names, such as Antonella, Serenella and Marianella, most of them being long and frilly Italian names, but Nella can stand on its own, just as Elle does."
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Um olhar sobre os nomes Cinderela e Serenela.
Clare's insight:
This caught my eye, coming hot on the heels of Zezolla.* Or if Cinderela is too much, perhapls Serenela?
*http://www.onceuponatimebabynames.com/2013/10/zezolla-italian-cinderella.html
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Clare's insight:
The comment is a bit cheeky: Odilo Quentin seems like a perfectly reasonable name for a boy.
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Vous avez été nombreuses à nous interroger sur les prénoms des nouveaux jumeaux d’Élodie Gossuin et de Bertrand Lacherie. Le suspense est levé puisque nous avons appris de source sûre qu’ils se prénomment Joséphine et Léonard !
Clare's insight:
Welcome to Joséphine et Léonard, siblings to Jules and Rose.
(My sources tell me that their mother "is a French former beauty pageant winner and municipal politician.")
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Have you read about a girls' name on Nameberry this year? If so, you've contributed to these statistics! The list makes interesting reading, and the perennial question is...what is #101?